Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, accused of rape of a minor girl, has stoked another controversy after he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for his check-up by a medical board.

More than 2,000 leaked reports detailing allegations of sexual assault, child abuse and self-harm in Australian immigration centres on Nauru were published Wednesday, prompting rights groups to renew calls for refugees to be resettled elsewhere.

The Allahabad High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the recent gangrape of a woman and her minor daughter on a highway passing through Bulandshahr district of western Uttar Pradesh which sent shock waves across the country, and decided to hear the matter.

The alleged suicide by a woman AAP worker, for which Narela MLA Sharad Chauhan has been arrested, was the result of police "inaction" on her complaints of death threats, Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said, rebuffing allegations against its functionaries.

Courts must take due care when a differently-abled person who may have a limited vocabulary is being cross-examined and should protect such witnesses from being unfairly dealt with, the Delhi High Court has said.